How to do abdominal leg raise exercises

This is an animated body sculpting tutorial for abdominal leg raise exercises. Use the controls to pause, slow down and follow along with detailed step-by-step text instructions that match up with each movement. This instructional fitness body building video is incredibly in depth and a great guide for learning abdominal leg raise exercises.

How to do the Leg Raise - Abdominals

The Leg Raise is abdominal exercise, where you elevate your legs with the strength of your abdominals. This exercise can be done hanging, or in a leg-raise-chair. The Flash Mavi animation above shows how to do a proper leg raise.

Description: Leg Raise - Abdominals

* Press down your shoulders slightly. Keep your back round (don't hollow your back). Keep your buttocks slightly away from the back lean. The Leg Raise can also be done hanging on a bar. But make sure you don't swing to create momentum. Move slowly and concentrated.
* Lift your knees and keep your back round (don't hollow back). CRUNCH - round back - contract abs. If you wanna make this exercise even harder, keep your legs extended. An extreme martial arts or gymnastics variation of the leg raise is when you lift your extended legs until your feet are in front of your head and hook your toes down so that your hamstrings are stretched.
* Let your legs sink back down again. Move down slower than up. Don't let your abs lose contraction.

Trainer advice: Leg Raise - Abdominals

* To make the leg raise even harder, you can try to lift your legs with extended knees. But still keep your back round and don`t create momentum.
* An extreme martial arts or gymnastics variation of the leg raise is when you lift your extended legs until your feet are in front of your head and hook your toes down so that your hamstrings are stretched.